Example sentences of "[be] come [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're coming up to a bank holiday , and most people will be going away . |
| 2 | Mm yes but we 're coming up to a time when er the quantity of old people is going to be rather high than before because we 're all healthier . |
| 3 | They 're coming in on a starship disguised as a Boeing 747 so that the locals wo n't suspect until it 's too late , but when they land at London Heathrow their baggage gets lost ; all their heavy weaponry ends up in Miami and gets mixed up with the luggage of some psychiatrists attending an international symposium on anal-fixation after death , and : Freudians take over the world with the captured high-tech . |
| 4 | The old Moscow publishers Iskusstvo managed to release just one book last year , and having exhausted its resources , it was forced to suspend publication of the journal Iskusstvo , which has been coming out for a number of decades . |
| 5 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |
| 6 | I thought she must be coming down in a moment . |
| 7 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 8 | Miranda will be coming in in a minute . |
| 9 | It is the purest form of finding out about an ancient site , but it does depend on the ability of the observer to distinguish information that may be coming in from a variety of sources . |
| 10 | So she said I 'm coming up in a fortnight 's time the fourteenth cos it 's David 's birthday that week |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise . |
| 12 | Yes I 'm coming down in a moment . |
| 13 | To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’ |
| 14 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 15 | We were coming up to a twist in the precipitous road ; as we swung round it , the wheels screamed and we seemed to swerve towards the edge of the precipice . |
| 16 | She and Hattie said they were coming around for a cup of tea . |
| 17 | which is to come up with a word |
| 18 | The problem now is finding the right sort of staff reliable ladies with their own transport as more people realise how nice it is to come back to a house someone else has cleaned . ’ |
| 19 | Let mummy just watch the news then I think Playbus is coming on in a moment . |
| 20 | He is coming over for a tour which culminates in the Edinburgh Festival , and he will be promoting both this and his third Easy Rawlins tale . |
| 21 | Rudy Johnson , the guy on this month 's cover , is coming out with a deck , and there 's also a new Dune Pastras model . |
| 22 | No you you do n't have to rub out the line you can just draw another one as if it 's coming out from a bit you ca n't see . |
| 23 | His brief was to come up with a recipe for a high-growth food with cost ( within reason ) no object . |
| 24 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 25 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 26 | He dismissed suggestions that the country was coming out of a recession . |
| 27 | Mr Ross was coming out of a door . |
| 28 | ‘ I was feeling that was a pity when some hours later I was coming out of a supermarket and just happened to bump into Sheena again , and we arranged to make contact again , ’ says Betty . |
| 29 | He then called his father , now living in retirement at Lake Martin , and got the name of a former Libyan engineering colleague , whom Coleman immediately telexed , saying he was coming out for a visit . |
| 30 | Did n't we have to stop using it because Chrissy was coming out in a rash ? |